Celebrities show off their natural beauty

By Anika Chin, Special to CNN

Updated 6:03 PM ET, Fri March 9, 2012

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Celebrities show off their natural beauty – Megan Fox is an Instagram newbie, but she already has a knack for taking selfies. The star shared her first Instagram self-portrait -- and her second post to the site overall -- on July 3, telling her fans that although the photo was captured in the early morning without makeup, she definitely used a filter. Click through the gallery to see other stars who've gone makeup-free.

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Celebrities show off their natural beauty – Zooey Deschanel shared a #nomakeup and #nofilter self-portrait on Twitter on May 17. "Good morning!" she cheerfully posted.

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Celebrities show off their natural beauty – Actress Lupita Nyong'o posted a photo of herself without makeup lounging in a New York hotel in March.

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Celebrities show off their natural beauty – Gwyneth Paltrow also posted an Instagram picture of herself sans makeup in March.

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Celebrities show off their natural beauty – Singer Lorde posted a makeup-less selfie on her Instagram account in February with the caption "In bed in Paris with my acne cream on."

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Celebrities show off their natural beauty – Talk-show host Bethenny Frankel tweeted a picture of herself without makeup in February. "This is my 'it's Monday' face, which looks very similar to my 'I'm exhausted and it's only Monday' face," she wrote.

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Celebrities show off their natural beauty – Jessica Simpson appeared in the May 2010 edition of Marie Claire magazine without makeup or retouching, the magazine said at the time. "I don't have anything to prove anymore," Simpson told the magazine. "What other people think of me is not my business." When the magazine published, a debate ensued as to whether touch-ups were in fact applied to her photos, but Simpson was adamant that the photo was legit.

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Celebrities show off their natural beauty – Little Monsters and the world got yet another unexpected surprise when Lady Gaga ditched her outrageous style to reveal her "natural" self In the October 2011 issue of Harper's Baazar. She told the magazine, "Whether I'm wearing lots of makeup or no makeup, I'm always the same person inside."

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Celebrities show off their natural beauty – Jennifer Love Hewitt posted this photo of herself makeup-free with the tweet "No make up pic for my lovelys!" Her fan Leonardo Milevich posted a response: "This only prove[s] the kind of great woman you are. Hugs for you."

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Celebrities show off their natural beauty – Jessica Biel has forged a reputation of going out with little to no makeup. She told People: "There's a vulnerability to being photographed without having your eyes defined or your eyebrows filled in, but I don't wear a lot of makeup in my personal life. I find that men, in my past, have preferred me without it. They always said, 'No, take that off.' "

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Celebrities show off their natural beauty – Snooki posted a photo of herself without makeup last year on Twitter, and she was showered with positive responses from fans for her fresh-faced look. "Why do you always put on so much makeup? You don't need to! You're gorgeous," posted Brianna Nicole Romagnano on Snooki's Facebook page.

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Celebrities show off their natural beauty – Amanda Seyfried is known for her fresh-faced look. She told People: "When I wake up in the morning and I don't have any makeup on, I don't feel ugly. I just feel clean."